Justice at the time of the Kings of France (1492-1789)
Course on Justice in the modern era. To find the definitions of justice, it is here. Justice in modern times (1492–1789) The king was the source of all powers, including …
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Is justice reduced to laws?
Is it better to apply the law rigorously or to take into account the extenuating circumstances, the legitimacy of someone’s behavior? Should we prefer injustice to disorder? Can justice be …
The need for justice
“The need to take justice into one’s own hands is a dead end in which one is sometimes to which one is sometimes committed. “ Victor Hugo in Claude Gueux …
Justice and fashion – Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal Thought 61, by Blaise Pascal, talks about the: Thoughts, 61, Justice “Justice. As fashion makes pleasure, so does it make justice.” Explanations Blaise Pascal would have given to …
Human justice and the death penalty
Excerpt from the poem The Scaffold by Victor Hugo (1802–1885) The star dropped its tear of light. Its ray, like a dart which strikes and rebounds, Struck the iron with …
The righteous can be compared to stars – Saint Augustine
In the Confessions (between 397 and 400), Book XVIII, Saint Augustine develops ideas about justice in Chapter XVIII entitled “That the righteous may compare themselves tostars; and of the difference …
